Derek Parfit

Derek Parfit

Derek Parfit (* 11. Dezember 1942 in China) ist ein britischer Philosoph, Forschungsmitglied am All Souls College der University of Oxford sowie Gastprofessor der Harvard University, Rutgers University, Princeton University, Temple University, Rice University und der University of Colorado at Boulder.

Derek Parfit gilt als einer der einflussreichsten Ethiker der Gegenwart.[1] 2011 erschien On what matters, ein umfassendes Werk über Rationalität und Gründe, Kantische Ethik, Kontraktualismus und Konsequentialismus.

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  • Reasons and Persons, Oxford University Press, 1984.
  • Reasons and Motivation, The Aristotelian Soc. Supp. Vol. 77: 99-130, 1997.
  • Normativity, in Russ Shafer-Landau (Hrg.), Oxford Studies in Metaethics, vol. I, Clarendon, Oxford, 2006.
  • On What Matters, Vol.I and II, Oxford University Press, 05.2011.

Einzelnachweise

  1. Kurzbiographie der New York University (englisch)

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